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Stafford, Staffordshire [339]

Stafford [173]

Stafford England [90]

Stafford, Staffordshire, England [34]

Stafford, Staffs [4]

Tamworth, Stafford, Staffordshire [4]

Stafford Queensland [3]

Stafford Victoria [3]

Stone, Stafford, Staffordshire [3]

Walsall, Stafford, Staffordshire [3]

Bilston, Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Christ Church, Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Eccleshall, Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Hopton, Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Penkridge, Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Rugeley, Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Stafford Staffordshire [2]

Willenhall, Stafford [2]

Armitage, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Bilston, Stafford [1]

Birchstead, Stafford [1]

Blurton Longton, Stafford [1]

Brierley Hill, Stafford [1]

Brierley Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Burslem, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Burton Extra, Stafford and Derby [1]

Burton on Trent, Stafford [1]

Cauldon Lowe, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Chatwell, Gnosall, Stafford [1]

Chesterton, Stafford [1]

Chesterton, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Colton, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Colwich, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Derrington, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Edinburgh, Stafford Street [1]

Friar Street, Stafford. [1]

Gnosall, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Haden Hill, Stafford [1]

Hednesford, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Kidsgrove, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

King's Winford, Stafford [1]

Lapley, Stafford [1]

Lichfield, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Longton, Stoke on Trent, Stafford [1]

Lynn, Stafford [1]

Mosely, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Near Stafford, Lincolnshire [1]

Near Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Old Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Penbridge, Stafford [1]

Rank

Private [83]

Gunner [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Driver [7]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Mechanician [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

4th Class Chaplain Reverend [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic III [1]

Armourer’s Crew [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain Rev. [1]

Chaplin Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer III [1]

Civilian [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Fitter [1]

Gunner Filter [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [15]

North Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Reserve [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

10th Hussars [1]

114th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

11th Trench Motor Battery [1]

137th Brigade, 46th Division [1]

13th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

14th Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

18th Hussars [1]

1st Australian Division [1]

214th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Infantry Brigade [1]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Alberta Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [273]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210]

British Army [127]

Australian Imperial Force [99]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [89]

H [77]

W [63]

C [58]

S [57]

M [44]

P [43]

D [40]

A [36]

T [34]

G [33]

J [33]

L [27]

R [27]

F [23]

E [22]

N [14]

K [8]

Y [7]

I [4]

O [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [689]

Merchant Navy [33]

Country

United Kingdom [67]

Canada [2]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Stafford, Staffordshire [339] Stafford [173] Stafford England [90] Stafford, Staffordshire, England [34] Stafford, Staffs [4] Tamworth, Stafford, Staffordshire [4] Stafford Queensland [3] Stafford Victoria [3] Stone, Stafford, Staffordshire [3] Walsall, Stafford, Staffordshire [3] Bilston, Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Christ Church, Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Eccleshall, Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Hopton, Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Penkridge, Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Rugeley, Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Stafford Staffordshire [2] Willenhall, Stafford [2] Armitage, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Bilston, Stafford [1] Birchstead, Stafford [1] Blurton Longton, Stafford [1] Brierley Hill, Stafford [1] Brierley Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Burslem, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Burton Extra, Stafford and Derby [1] Burton on Trent, Stafford [1] Cauldon Lowe, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Chatwell, Gnosall, Stafford [1] Chesterton, Stafford [1] Chesterton, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Colton, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Colwich, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Derrington, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Edinburgh, Stafford Street [1] Friar Street, Stafford. [1] Gnosall, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Haden Hill, Stafford [1] Hednesford, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Kidsgrove, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] King's Winford, Stafford [1] Lapley, Stafford [1] Lichfield, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Longton, Stoke on Trent, Stafford [1] Lynn, Stafford [1] Mosely, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Near Stafford, Lincolnshire [1] Near Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Old Hill, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Penbridge, Stafford [1]

Rank

Private [83] Gunner [13] Lance Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Corporal [10] Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Driver [7] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Leading Stoker [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Mechanician [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 4th Class Chaplain Reverend [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic III [1] Armourer’s Crew [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Rev. [1] Chaplin Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer III [1] Civilian [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Fitter [1] Gunner Filter [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [15] North Staffordshire Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Coldstream Guards [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Reserve [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Scots [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS TIGER [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 10th Hussars [1] 114th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 11th Trench Motor Battery [1] 137th Brigade, 46th Division [1] 13th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 14th Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Australian Division [1] 214th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Infantry Brigade [1] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Alberta Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [273] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210] British Army [127] Australian Imperial Force [99] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [89] H [77] W [63] C [58] S [57] M [44] P [43] D [40] A [36] T [34] G [33] J [33] L [27] R [27] F [23] E [22] N [14] K [8] Y [7] I [4] O [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [689] Merchant Navy [33]

Country

United Kingdom [67] Canada [2] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1]

Joseph Tideswell

Born 1891

Died 1924

Royal Navy SS109118 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cornwall

Royal Navy K17369 Leading Stoker HMS Nottingham

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John Henry Beardmore

Died 1917

British Army 19283 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 28373 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 19283 Private 18th Hussars

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William Charles Follows

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 955 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3rd North Midland Brigade

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Reginald Insull

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 15223 Private Grenadier Guards

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Cedric Stuart Howard

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 808 Private Bedford Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Sydney John Ward

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1846 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 1846 Private North Staffordshire 1/5th Battalion

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Bernard George Grattidge

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 948 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 78565 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Allen

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 8161 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 4608 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion - Militia

British Army not stated Private Hussars of the Line 14th Hussars

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John Duggan

Born 1867

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106972 Aircraftman 2nd Class

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Frank Thompson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3371 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army

British Army 49245 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur Herbert Gray

Born 1868

Died 1956

British Army 4th Class Chaplain Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

British Army Captain Rev. Royal Army Chaplains Department attached 32nd Division, 97th Infantry Brigade

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Joseph Silvester Darke

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army 241889 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Harry Facer

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 200295 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery X Bty. 2nd Reserve Bde.

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Harold Hall

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 45792 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 66483 Private Durham Light Infantry 26th Battalion.

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Samuel Mitchell

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 58067 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Henry James Wall

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army T1/1915 Private Army Service Corps

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James Thomas Lloyd

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6294 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Gordon Pottinger Eldred

Born 1900

Died 1945

Royal Navy F/47354 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918

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Christopher Leslie Carter

Born 1896

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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Walter Wallace Ward

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army B/360351 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps (Canteens)

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